Evolution of

Media
Presented by :
Micah Tradio Sitchon
Prehistoric Age
Humans can only communicate through sounds and
gestures
• 30,000 BC
Earliest known rock carvings and cave paintings
appear in Europe.
Prehistoric Age
3,100 BC- First formal writing systems are developed in
Sumer and Egypt along with the use of clay tablet.
Prehistoric Age
Prehistoric Age
2,300 BC- Earliest known map is placed onto a clay tablet
in Babylonia.
Prehistoric Age
105 AD- Papermaking is invented in China
Industrial Age
• 1453- Johannes Gutenberg prints the Bible using his
movable-type printing press; Printing becomes cheaper
and more accessible.
Industrial Age
1605 - First recognizable modern newspaper the “Relation Al
ler Fuernemmen und gedenckwuerdigen Historien”
is printed in Germany”.

written by Johans Carulos

Industrial Age
1826 - Earliest surviving photograph is taken; Photography
is invented in France.

View from the Window at

Le Gras,
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Electronic Age
1835 - Samuel Morse invents Morse code; First public
demonstration of its use is held in Philadephia.
Electronic Age
1843-The telegraph is invented; information can now travel
across large distances within seconds.
Electronic Age
1877 - Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.
Electronic Age
1876- Alexander Graham Bell invents first fully functioning
telephone.
Electronic Age
1895 - Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio.
Electronic Age
1927- Philo Farnsworth patents first electric transmission televi
sion
Electronic Age
1965-First commercially sold desktop computer the “programm
a 101
New (Digital) Age

• 1969
ARPANET, a precursor of the internet connects computers into a working
network in US.
• 1972
Ray Tomlinson invents the electronic mail, or email.
• 1971
Martin Cooper invents the first cellular handheld phone.
• 1989
Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web
• 1997
Google, a web search engines, is created in the US.
New (Digital) Age

• 21st Century
Web 2.0 is created; Media becomes an important and immersive
experience in communication.
Thanks for listening…!
1. It is a precursor of the internet connects
computers into a working network in US.
2. He invents the electronic mail, or email.
3. He invents the first cellular handheld phone.
4. He creates the World Wide Web
5. When was the Google developed.
6. Earliest known rock carvings and cave
paintings appear in Europe.
7. He prints the Bible using his movable-type
printing press.
8. Year when the first formal writing systems are
developed in Sumer and Egypt along with the
use of clay tablet.
9. Year when the earliest known map is placed
onto a clay tablet in Babylonia.
10. First recognizable modern newspaper.
11. He invents the phonograph.
12.Where was the first surviving photograph is
taken.
13. He invents Morse code.
14. Where was the first Papermaking is invented.
15. Who wrote the first recognizable modern
newspaper
16. Who invented the first paper.
17.-20 Evolution of Media